On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:19:03PM -0400, Brian T. Sniffen wrote: > Free text is a matter of the reader's freedom to read, copy, > distribute, study, change, and improve the text. More precisely, it > refers to five kinds of freedom, for the readers of the text: > > * The freedom to read the text, for any purpose. (0) > * The freedom to study how the text is written, and adapt it to your > needs. Access to the text in the preferred form for modification is > a precondition for this. (1) > * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor. (2) > * The freedom to improve the text, and release your improvements to > the public, so that the whole community benefits. Access to the > preferred form for modification is a precondition for this. (3) > * The freedom to keep your modifications, or even your possession of a > copy of the text, confidential. (4) Woohoo! My fifth freedom lives! I would only suggest s/text/content/, so that non-texual material (illustrations and so forth) are also unambiguously covered. [analysis snipped] Bravo. -- G. Branden Robinson | I am sorry, but what you have Debian GNU/Linux | mistaken for malicious intent is branden@debian.org | nothing more than sheer http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | incompetence! -- J. L. Rizzo II
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